I recently got a cbr f3, and I was wondering if my bike can do wheelies. If so, whats the best way to go: first gear, close throttle and open it hard or second gear, hold clutch, rev, then drop clutch. I don't want to lift it too high yet, I just want the front wheel to come up a little, so I can get used to it. detailes would really help. oh, and I know I'm a rookie and a lot of you are going to bring up the fact that I shouldn't be worried about wheelies right now, but if you've ridden a bike you now how tempting it is .

 

dude, yes, you are crazy.

I would just ride your bike and enjoy it...wheelies will come with experience and they will make more sense as you learn the bike more.

You DON'T need to use the clutch just power wheelie the son of a gun!!

 

Do it in first gear without the clutch. Figure out where the power is strongest, then little by little figure out how much of a weight shift you need to get the front wheel off the ground. It's easier if you're going uphill. Generally, you get a little more power in cold weather, so it's easier this time of year.

Just make sure there are no other vehicles around and that you have plenty of room in front of you and to the side.

The bike I had been riding for the past six years was easy to wheelie. Just give it a sudden dose of full throttle in first gear and it would come up at just about any engine speed. I recently switched to a different model of the same brand, and the bike is not as eager to get the front wheel up. Since I'm still recovering from a hand injury, I'll take my time figuring out how to get the new bike to do it. Right now, I'm just happy that I'm able to ride at all.

 

Save your steering head bearings and learn to corner, that's what the bike was made to do.

 

Attend Keith Code's Wheelie school. He may not accept you because of your lack of skill. Buy a damper , you going to need it soon if your just bouncing the front end. Hope you at least bought leathers. Practice on a dirt bike. Lastly chicken stripes on a sports bike will only get you laughed at . Learn to ride first.

 

With his lack of skills (since he's a beginner), I doubt he'll even be able to keep the wheel up for more than a second, even with attending the wheelie school.

My friend went there and he still can't do a wheelie.

 

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I think 1st gear throttle wheelies are the easiest on the bike but not the easiest to learn.
If you just want to get the front up.
While rolling along slow in 1st keep two fingers on the clutch rev the bike a bit then pop the clutch.
Start at lower rpms and work your way up until you lift the front.
Don't go redline 1st time, you'll be on you butt watching your bike tumble down the street.
As said before baby steps.
Again, thats not really good for the bike.

 

Buy a dirt bike if you want to learn to wheelie... Hurts a bunch less to crash in a field or on dirt, and repairing the bike is a whole lot less expensive

But if you insist on wheelying your CBR, at least cover the rear brake, and be ready to tap it if you feel yourself about to go over backwards...

You can wheelie just about any bike. A low power bike might need a weight shift, bounce, clutch feather, or a combination of all of the above.

A highly powered bike will just lift with too much throttle too quickly.

 

You don't have to slam the bike down, give it little gas when you put it down.
Kinda like landing a plane, do airplanes shut off the engine and let it drop when landing? No. Same for the bike. Give it enough gas so the front is coming down slowly.